﻿namespace YAF.Lucene.Net.Search.Highlight
{
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    /// <summary> Processes terms found in the original text, typically by applying some form 
    /// of mark-up to highlight terms in HTML search results pages.</summary>
    public interface IFormatter
    {
        /// <param name="originalText">The section of text being considered for markup</param>
        /// <param name="tokenGroup">contains one or several overlapping Tokens along with
        /// their scores and positions.</param>
        string HighlightTerm(string originalText, TokenGroup tokenGroup);
    }
}